Hinge



May 15, 1923. 1,455,690

G. w. WELLS HINGE Filed April 19 1922 UNHTEQ' GEORGE WTWELLS, 0F AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGITOR TO WALKER BODY COMPANY, OF AIWESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, A

CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

HINGE.

Application filed April 19, 1922. Serial No. 555,551.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. VIBE-148,3, citizen of the United States, resident of Amesbury, in the county of Essex and Sta 1 of Massachusetts, have made a certain new and useful invention in Hinges; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others, skilled in the art to which it appertains, to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention as applied.

Figure 2 is a front view of the same.

Figure 3 is a side View of the same.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the invention partly broken away.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section of the invention.

Theinvention has relation to hinges, having for an. object to provide certain improve-' mentstherein designed to cover or conceal the same.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, the numeral 1 designates one member or leaf of the hinge termed the body member, and having screw holes 2, whereby it is secured at its inner or free end portion to the door pillar 3, of an automobile body, for which the invention is mainly designed, and 4 is the complementary member of the hinge, connected to the body member by the hinge pin 5, and having screw holes 6, whereby it is secured to the body pillar 7 of the automobile. y

The complementary member 4 of the hinge is provided with an apertured head 8, for the aforesaidhinge pin, and the body memher is provided at its outer end with a hoodextens'ion 9 of approximately semi-cylindrical form located in front of and covering and concealing said head 8, or the end of the hinge, viewed from the front, and'the body member itself covering and concealing the body member when viewed from the door sideof the hinge; the body member having vup er and lower apertured lugs 10, 10, for the hinge pin and forming the ends of the the ends of the apertured head 8, and said lugs are provided with shoulders 12, in alignment with the free end 13 of said hood, the complementary member having contact with the shoulders and with said free end when the door is opened to approximately right angle position relative to its normal position, thereby limiting the opening .of the door. K

The lateral flanges ll, 11, extend only from the outer end of the body memberto a point about midway of the length thereof on moulding on door, the free end portions of the body member being received in lateral grooves 14, of the door pillar 3. The inner end of the hood 9 is integral with and merges'into the plane of the body member. '15 is a vertical strip used to cover the joint or crack at the hinge side of the door.

I claim 1. In a hinge, a body member having its outer end portion provided with a longitudinal channel and a hood closing the outer end of said channel,-and acomplementa ry member having a hinge pin connection with the outer end of said body member and adapted at its outer end portion to fit within said channel, said hood partially inclosing and concealing the hinged end of her.

2. In a hinge, a body member having its outer.end portion provided with a longitudinal channel'and a hood closing the outer end of said channel, and a complementary member having a'hinge pin connection with the outer end of said body member and adapted at its outer end portion to fit within said channel, said hood partially inclo'sing and concealing the hinged end of said complementary member and adapted to form va stop to limit the movement of the comple- GEORGE W. WELLS.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. WALKER, C. R. CARTER.

said complementary mem- 

